2011 Italian local elections

The 2011 Italian local elections were held on 15–16 May, with a second round on 29–30 May. In Italy, direct elections were held in all 1,177 municipalities and 11 provinces: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council, in each province were chosen president and members of the Provincial Council. Of the 1,177 municipalities, 30 were provincial capital municipalities and only 105 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.

In Sicily the elections were held on 29–30 May, with a second round on 12–13 June.

Citizens living in Italy who were 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local council elections. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 15–16 May elections was midday on Saturday 15 April 2011.

Voting System

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.

The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Municipal elections

Total voter turnout for the Municipal election on the first round was of 68.6%, on the second was of 60.1%.

===Mayoral election results===

class=wikitable sortable

! Cities

! Population

! colspan=2|Incumbent mayor

! colspan=2|Elected mayor

! Seats

Novara

| 104,388

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Silvana MoscatelliSince 30 March 2010 he has been acting deputy mayor to replace Massimo Giordano (LN)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Andrea Ballarè (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Turin

| 883,281

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Sergio Chiamparino (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Piero Fassino (PD)

| {{composition bar|24|40|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Milan

| 1,380,873

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Letizia Moratti (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Giuliano Pisapia (IND)

| {{composition bar|29|48|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Varese

| 80,545

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Attilio Fontana (LN)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Attilio Fontana (LN)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Rovigo

| 51,715

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Fausto Merchiori (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Bruno Piva (PdL)

| {{composition bar|18|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Pordenone

| 51,156

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Sergio Bolzonello (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Claudio Pedrotti (PD)

| {{composition bar|24|40|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Trieste

| 204,347

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Roberto Dipiazza (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Roberto Cosolini (PD)

| {{composition bar|24|40|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Savona

| 61,219

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Federico Berruti (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Federico Berruti (PD)

| {{composition bar|20|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Bologna

| 386,386

| bgcolor=C0C0C0|

| Annamaria CancellieriSince 17 February 2010 she has been prefectural commissioner replacing Flavio Delbono (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Virginio Merola (PD)

| {{composition bar|22|36|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Ravenna

| 153,740

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Fabrizio Matteucci (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Fabrizio Matteucci (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Rimini

| 147,793

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Alberto Ravaioli (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Andrea Gnassi (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Arezzo

| 99,487

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Giuseppe Fanfani (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Giuseppe Fanfani (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Grosseto

| 82,041

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Emilio Bonifazi (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Emilio Bonifazi (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Siena

| 53,901

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Maurizio Cenni (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Franco Ceccuzzi (PD)

| {{composition bar|21|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Fermo

| 37,235

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Saturnino Di Ruscio (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Nella Brambatti (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Latina

| 117,892

| bgcolor=C0C0C0|

| Guido NardoneSince 15 April 2010 he has been prefectural commissioner replacing Vincenzo Zaccheo (AN)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Giovanni Di Giorgi (PdL)

| {{composition bar|21|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Benevento

| 63,489

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Fausto Pepe (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Fausto Pepe (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Caserta

| 79,640

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Nicodemo Petteruti (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Pio Del Gaudio (PdL)

| {{composition bar|21|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Naples

| 980,716

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Rosa Russo Iervolino (PD)

| bgcolor=DB244F|

| Luigi de Magistris (IdV)

| {{composition bar|29|48|#FF0000}}

Salerno

| 140,608

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Vincenzo De Luca (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Vincenzo De Luca (PD)

| {{composition bar|22|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Barletta

| 94,477

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Nicola Maffei (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Nicola Maffei (PD)

| {{composition bar|21|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Catanzaro

| 89,801

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Rosario Olivo (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Michele Traversa (PdL)

| {{composition bar|26|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Cosenza

| 69,911

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Salvatore Perugini (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Mario Occhiuto (PdL)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Crotone

| 63,923

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Peppino Vallone (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Peppino Vallone (PD)

| {{composition bar|19|32|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Reggio Calabria

| 181,454

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Giuseppe Raffa (PdL)Since 14 May 2010 he is acting deputy mayor to replace Giuseppe Scopelliti (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Demetrio Arena (PdL)

| {{composition bar|22|32|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Ragusa

| 73,694

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Nello Dipasquale (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Nello Dipasquale (PdL)

| {{composition bar|19|30|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Cagliari

| 154,400

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Emilio Floris (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Massimo Zedda (SEL)

| {{composition bar|16|40|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Carbonia

| 28,265

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Salvatore Cherchi (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Giuseppe Casti (PD)

| {{composition bar|27|40|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

Iglesias

| 26,784

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Pierluigi Carta (PD)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Luigi Perseu (PdL)

| {{composition bar|18|30|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}}}

Olbia

| 60,261

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|

| Gianni Giovannelli (PdL)

| bgcolor={{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|

| Gianni Giovannelli (IND)

| {{composition bar|24|40|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}}}

=Party results=

Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities:

class=wikitable style=text-align:left
colspan=2 align=center\|Party ! valign=top\|Votes ! valign=top\|%
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| align=right\|701,935 \| align=right\|26.2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|The People of Freedom}}" \| \| The People of Freedom \| align=right\|597,203 \| align=right\|22.8
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Lega Nord}}" \| \| Northern League \| align=right\|150,194 \| align=right\|5.6
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Left Ecology Freedom}}" \| \| Left Ecology Freedom \| align=right\|131,219 \| align=right\|4.6
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" \| \| Union of the Centre \| align=right\|121,103 \| align=right\|4.2
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Italy of Values}}" \| \| Italy of Values \| align=right\|113,217 \| align=right\|4.0
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color\|Five Star Movement}}" \| \| Five Star Movement \| align=right\|100,998 \| align=right\|3.8
colspan=2 align=left\|Totals with others \| align=right \|2,840,585 \| align=right \| 100

class=wikitable style=text-align:left

colspan=2 align=center|Party

! valign=top|Votes

! valign=top|%

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| align=right|701,935

| align=right|26.2

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The People of Freedom}}" |

| The People of Freedom

| align=right|597,203

| align=right|22.8

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lega Nord}}" |

| Northern League

| align=right|150,194

| align=right|5.6

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" |

| Left Ecology Freedom

| align=right|131,219

| align=right|4.6

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |

| Union of the Centre

| align=right|121,103

| align=right|4.2

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italy of Values}}" |

| Italy of Values

| align=right|113,217

| align=right|4.0

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" |

| Five Star Movement

| align=right|100,998

| align=right|3.8

colspan=2 align=left|Totals
with others

| align=right |2,840,585

| align=right | 100

=City councils=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; padding-left:1em"

!align="left"|City

!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}; width: 3px;" |

|PD

!style="background-color: {{party color|People of Freedom}}; width: 3px;" |

|PdL

!style="background-color: {{party color|Lega Nord}}; width: 3px;" |

|LN

!style="background-color: {{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}; width: 3px;" |

|SEL

!style="background-color: {{party color|Italy of Values}}; width: 3px;" |

|IdV

!style="background-color: {{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}; width: 3px;" |

|UDC

!style="background-color: {{party color|Five Star Movement}}; width: 3px;" |

|M5S

!colspan=2|Others

align=left|Turin

|colspan=2|16

|colspan=2|7

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|4

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Novara

|colspan=2|16

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|0

align=left|Milan

|colspan=2|20

|colspan=2|11

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|6

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Varese

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|10

|colspan=2|9

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

align=left|Rovigo

|colspan=2|7

|colspan=2|11

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|3

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Trieste

|colspan=2|15

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|6

align=left|Pordenone

|colspan=2|22

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|5

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Savona

|colspan=2|10

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|7

align=left|Bologna

|colspan=2|17

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Ravenna

|colspan=2|15

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|4

align=left|Rimini

|colspan=2|16

|colspan=2|7

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Arezzo

|colspan=2|16

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

align=left|Grosseto

|colspan=2|12

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|7

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Siena

|colspan=2|15

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|7

align=left|Fermo

|colspan=2|11

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|7

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Latina

|colspan=2|8

|colspan=2|11

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|9

align=left|Naples

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|7

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|15

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|18

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Salerno

|colspan=2|10

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|14

align=left|Benevento

|colspan=2|10

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|15

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Caserta

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|8

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|15

align=left|Barletta

|colspan=2|10

|colspan=2|6

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|10

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Catanzaro

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|23

align=left|Cosenza

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|16

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Crotone

|colspan=2|9

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|13

align=left|Reggio Calabria

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|8

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|18

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Ragusa

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|3

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|15

align=left|Cagliari

|colspan=2|13

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|11

bgcolor=F3F3FF

|align=left|Olbia

|colspan=2|8

|colspan=2|11

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|1

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|16

align=left|Iglesias

|colspan=2|18

|colspan=2|5

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|4

|colspan=2|0

|colspan=2|8

Provincial elections

Only 11 provinces were up for election. The elections was for a new provincial president and members of the Provincial Council. On the first round the total voter turnout was of 59.6%, on the second was of 45.2%.

Below the results of each candidate and coalition on the first and second round.

===President election results===

class="wikitable sortable centre"

! Provinces

! Incumbent president

! colspan=2|Alliance

! Elected president

! colspan=2|Alliance

Vercelli

| Renzo Masoero

| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}"|

Centre-right